TypeTime-limited7Free Tier123New User28Free Only7
AccessAPI57Desktop37CLI22Web87App21
TagCoding29Agents30Work26Chat30Image31Video24Audio23Search16Embedded3Platforms21OCR4Scraping6Document Parsing6TTS8Compute2

Brave Search API

· Verified 2026-10-30
Provider
Brave
Access
Brave's independent search index API, built from its own web crawl without relying on Google/Bing. Supports web/news/image search, structured answers and AI summaries

Free Tier

  • Quota
    Free: $5 in credits every month ($5 per 1,000 requests); a card is required to subscribe to the free plan but is only used to verify identity and is not charged
    Cycle
    Monthly
    $5 in free credits applied monthly; priced at $5 per 1,000 requests

Providers offering this model

  • BraveFree: $5 in credits every month ($5 per 1,000 requests); a card is required to subscribe to the free plan but is only used to verify identity and is not charged

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